National Championships

1947

As in 1946 the Women’s was again not played.

The Fox Meadow team of Moses and Grout overcame the 1942 and 1944 champions Hyde and Wiley from Hartford, CT.

The New Jersey husband and wife team Elwood and Sarah Cooke easily won the Mixed over a Fox Meadow team.

Source: Fessenden S. Blanchard, Platform Paddle Tennis, 1959

Historical Factoid: At the time Moses was 23 and became the youngest player in the history of the game to win a National championship; he was the recipient of the APTA Honor Award in 1976.